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I know I had a ton of thoughts this week, but many were forgotten, which is a great thing for you as this post won’t be extremely long!

Thankful Thoughts: (Numbering continues from previous weeks)

48. We had a great one night anniversary get-away last week.

49. My oldest daughter got home safely from camp.

50. We get to go on vacation soon and see my 92 year old Grandma–that is truly a blessing!

Random Thoughts:

Life is short. Do what is important while you can. We had a lady (about 40 years old) in our Sunday School class that has had a hard life and didn’t always live like she should. She was in church on Sunday and was happy that she had a job that was starting on Monday. Her friend found her dead on the living room floor Monday morning. Please pray for her mom who truly loves the Lord. This is her second child that has died in the past year. Pray for the lady’s children and grandchildren that they will see the importance of knowing the Lord while they still have time.

Talking about Sunday School, my husband’s Sunday School class on Sunday was terrific :). And I’m not saying that because I’m prejudiced! So here’s some of the notes I took.
He was teaching from John 19 and looking at Jesus and what He said on the cross. From what He said on the cross, we see that he is not self-centered . Even though he was in pain, he was concerned for others–a. The first three phrases were others-focused: ” Father forgive them.” Luke. 23:34b. “Today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke. 23:39-43c. He asked John to take care of His mother. John 19:25-27d. The central phrase had to do with His relationship with God. Matthew 27:45-49 (“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”)e. The last three statements focused on Himself: His body. John 19:28-29 (‘I thirst.”)f. His soul — John 19:39, Isaiah 53:10 (“It is finished.”)g. His spirit–he was in control of even His spirit. Luke 23:46 — fulfillment of Psalm 31:5 (“Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.”) What a good example for us to be focused on others and to have God be the center of our lives.

From Sunday School, we also focused on the Greek word “tetelastai” which is translated in English, “It is finished.” This literally means:

“It is finished, it stands finished, and it always will be finished!”

Back in Jesus day, “tetelastai” was used in many various ways:

A servant would use it when reporting to his or her master, “I have completed the work assigned to me.” Jesus had finished the work God had given Him.

When a priest examined an animal sacrifice and found it faultless, this word would apply. Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God, without spot or blemish.

When an artist completed a picture, or a writer a manuscript, he or she might say, “It is finished.” Jesus had just finished His masterpiece — it completed the picture that God had been painting, the story that He had been writing, for centuries. Because of the cross, we understand the ceremonies and prophecies in the Old Testament.

It was used by merchants to say that the bill had been paid in full. (Archeologists have found this word on business receipts.) When Jesus gave Himself on the cross, Jesus fully met the righteous demands of a holy law; He paid our debts in full. Only His blood could take away the sins of the world.

This leads us to say, “Hallelujah, What a Savior!”

Thought about the Build Your Own Bundle Sale:

You may have seen a lot of hype this past week about the Build Your Own Bundle Sale that I am an affiliate for. I have shared about it here on Creative K Kids the past couple of weeks. There are a TON of resources available to you for phenomenal prices.

I have not put as much work into it as many ladies as I just don’t have the time nor probably the right following to do great (if I even sell anything :)) in this sale seeing I am not that large of a blog nor do I homeschool.

However, I was able to get a few products free to review for this sale, and that made the work I put into the sale worth it. Yesterday I reviewed the Little Character Badges. Today I am going to review a book that is in the K-3 bundle. (The Character Badges were in the K-3 Bundle too.)

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I was able to receive the PDF of Asia: It’s People and History. This book is a 16 week course that covers 6 different nations: Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Iran, and Vietnam.

There are fictional stories about how Christians in these countries endure difficulty just because they are Christians. At the end of the story there are questions that apply the story to the children’s lives. What would the children that are listening do? Will God do what He says He would do?

Then the book tells what the country is like and the history of the country.

We also learn what life is like for Christians in that country.

There is a section that explains about the different people groups that live in that country.

There are short stories from real Christians in those countries telling some experiences of how they had to count the cost as a Christian.

There are also free downloads for activities that go with the book.

Since my husband is half Vietnamese and was actually born in Vietnam, I was excited to see Vietnam as one of the countries included in this book. He also used to work with refugees from Laos, and his dad as a Green Beret during the Vietnam War went into Laos and Cambodia. So this book will definitely be interesting to my children.

As the most unreached people groups in the world are centered over in the region that this book covers (due to Communism being the government of some of those countries and the Muslim religion being the only religion that is allowed in other countries), many of these Christians suffer severe persecution. I want my children to see how others are willing to be persecuted and even die for the name of Christ.

We will use this book to use for family reading and for devotional use. It would also be good if you were doing a report on one of these six countries as it does have historical facts about each country.

You can buy just the ebook or paperback HERE, but when you buy a bundle, you get a a bundle of bonuses as well. If you didn’t like all the items in the K-3 bundle, you could build your own bundle where you pick 5 or 10 items that are under $19.99 from all the bundles and make your own bundle.

Thoughts from other Thoughtful Thursday posts linked up from last week:

Since this is so long, here are links to two posts I really enjoyed reading last week:

You can now link up your own thoughtful posts! I try to visit them all so that I can pick out a few posts to feature every week, even though I don’t leave comments on them all. I pin the posts that I feature to my Thoughtful Thursdays Pinterest board.

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Thankful Thoughts: (Numbering continues from previous weeks)

44. I finally got my oldest daughter’s quilt done. She will be so excited when she comes home from camp and sees it. It was an easy strip quilt that I made only 42″ wide as it just has to cover the top of a loft bed, but I was dreading doing the binding. (It is also longer than normal so we can tuck it under her bed.)

45. My husband and I are getting away for one night this weekend for our 15 year anniversary! We wanted to maybe do a couple of nights, but we could never find the time. We are going to a bed and breakfast — and that’s all that’s planned; but it’s enough!

46. I’m thankful that I have my parents close by who can watch our kids! I’m so thankful for them.

47. I’m thankful my dad will be okay after a fall off a ladder. He has three broken ribs which are causing him a lot of pain, but he will recover (and they are still watching my kids!)

Thoughts from what I read:

My husband was reading to us from Proverbs 1. Then he would read out of a devotional book that corresponded with the verses. The main verse being discussed was Proverbs 1:8:

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

My daughter then read the notes that went along with this verse from the Life Application Study Bible. I thought the notes were so good:

I loved the analogy here from Pure Grace Farms about How Does Your Garden Grow? She compares growing a garden to our own lives, and are we having the patience we need to allow the Lord to work in our own lives. The post also has great pictures! I ran across this post sometime last week and pinned it!

Our pastor on Sunday morning started a series in I Timothy. He brought up how Paul called Timothy “my own son in the faith.” With that he asked the question, “What am I doing to pass on my faith to the next generation?” It won’t happen by accident!” Timothy had learned the Scriptures from childhood! Am I teaching my children the Bible so that they also will be my children in the faith–not just my biological children?

Thoughts from other Thoughtful Thursday posts linked up from last week:

You can now link up your own thoughtful posts! I try to visit them all so that I can pick out a few posts to feature every week, even though I don’t leave comments on them all. I pin the posts that I feature to my Thoughtful Thursdays Pinterest board.

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The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:*homemaking*homeschooling*devotional or Biblical posts*Christian in nature*family/marriage*inspirational*

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Right now, I have been up researching different options for blogging, and my mind has turned to mush. My thoughts are fleeing fast and my eyes are seeing double!

So we are going to stick to a couple of thoughts!

Thankful Thoughts: (Numbering continues from previous weeks)

40. I’m thankful my garden has not been eaten so far! We have gotten a lot of rain, so the plants are growing great so far–including the weeds! I am very bad at weeding; and when I tried weeding in my front yard earlier this summer, I got a bad case of poison ivy. Needless to say, that turned me off weeding for a while :). I did get out to one of my small vegetable garden patches and picked these yesterday! The bunnies ate all my beans last year, but they have stayed away so far this year. And I did weed some in that vegetable patch as well!

41. I am thankful that I did not hurt myself seriously this past week. I was playing a running game with my kids and wrenched my knee. I stayed home from church with my daughter who was coughing continuously, and my knee was much better on Monday. I’m getting old! Another praise: my daughter’s cough was much better on Monday, and she did not have croup or asthma (she is prone to both.)

43. I am thankful for a slower week! The oldest four kids have VBS this week, so I am getting some much needed laundry and chores done after our busy Fourth of July last week. Normally I help in VBS, but I had to stay home this year due to my 3 year old and a baby that I babysit.

Thoughts on what I have read:

I read to my children from Patricia St. John’s book, Would You Believe It? I absolutely love all her books, but this book is so great! It has short stories that have analogies to spiritual truth written in such a way that children can grasp the truth so easily. The book has been reprinted as A Young Person’s Guide to Knowing God. (affiliate links)

I was reading from the book a story about how the Queen herself came and knocked on a lady’s door, and Patricia St. John drew the analogy of how God Himself comes and knocks on the door of our hearts–and we just have to open it! Then He’ll come in to stay! How much better is that than even a visit from royalty!

Thoughts from other Thoughtful Thursday posts linked up from last week:
There were so many good ones!

I was reading my sister’s Thoughtful Thursdays post from last week, and in her talk about meekness, she said, “I want to be like the woman in Proverbs 31:26: “In her tongue is a law of kindness.”

She poses the question: If I got in the habit of literally biting my tongue whenever I was angry, think how many sins I would avoid!” and “angry thoughts can crowd into your heart, but meekness won’t allow them to take up residence; it won’t even let the sun go down upon them!

I struggle with this too! I need to put this verse where I can see it at all times!

This post by Faithful Feat called You Lost Her Heart struck a nerve as I don’t want to lose my children because I am on the computer blogging. I try to do most of it at night after they are sleeping–but there are times I have not been listening as I am looking at my computer screen!

I Planted a Seed by Oh, Honestly! was another post that hit home! How often can I nurse a small upset until it grows into a terrible weed of hurt and anger that takes much effort and work to heal when I attempt to pull that weed out.

Let Freedom Ring by A Mother’s Shadow is a great post filled with historical links for the history of our nation’s patriotic songs especially our National Anthem , our Pledge of Allegiance, and the Declaration of Independence. This would be a great post for any American to read and click on the links inside the post, especially if you have children!

You can now link up your own thoughtful posts! I try to visit them all so that I can pick out a few posts to feature every week, even though I don’t leave comments on them all. I pin the posts that I feature to my Thoughtful Thursdays Pinterest board.

Here are the rules for this linky:

The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:*homemaking*homeschooling*devotional or Biblical posts*Christian in nature*family/marriage*inspirational*

Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.

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Thankful Thoughts:

38. I am thankful for my husband’s family. I do not say much about them as they are my family only through marriage, so I try not to say anything that would embarrass them or make them uncomfortable. My father-in-law and mother-in-law have had several health problems in the past few months. It has been a strain on all of us as we love them and are concerned for them and my husband has had to go and help them often. We feel like it is our responsibility to take care of them as much as we are able. The praise is that my husband has 3 of his siblings in the area who also try to help as they are able, so it is not all on his shoulders. The latest health concern happened just this week which has resulted in my father-in-law being in the hospital for 3 days. My sister-in-law was in town for the holiday and spent much of her vacation driving my mother-in-law to see him and helping out in other ways and my other sister-in-laws helped as they were able. I would appreciate your prayers as they try to figure out what exactly the problem is and that my father-in-law would fully cooperate with the doctors and future medical testing.

39. I am thankful for our country and for our founding fathers who gave up so much so that we can have a free country.

Thought of the Week:

I have been convicted from messages and other readings that I need to praise more. I notice the wrong-doings, but I need to praise the good as well. Please pray for me that I will be sensitive and observant in this area and praise my children when they do right or are kind.

I was reading a devotional book with my third daughter. The chapter talked about how God is our helper, and He wants us to go to Him when we need help. I thought, “Do I go to Him for help right away or do I try to do it in my own strength? He is there and waiting for us to ask Him for His help!

My Picks from Last Week’s Linky:

Jenna from Called Home shared in her post, Working for the Lord, “I want the point of my blogging efforts to always be to glorify God first, not to build myself up, or to be more attractive to others.” I also want my blogs to be glorifying to God; that what I write cannot be evil spoken of or would slander my Savior.

Nicole from Children Are a Blessing shared the post, Your Home is a Mission Field. Here are a couple of good quotes from the post:
“They need you to be real with them and to show them Jesus in all that you do. ”
“Momma missionaries fill their homes with love, grace, and good things. We provide God’s Word to teach our children about our God while equipping them for their future work in His kingdom. We have a gentle spirit that willingly admits that without God we are nothing.”
” We need to continually pour God’s truth into ourselves by reading His Word. We have to remember that joyfulness is God’s will for us, and seek it with our whole heart.”
I was so convicted when I read this post!

Here was a great reminder to me from Cindy from The Mom Maven. She is pondering her mom legacy now that her children are raised. My kids are still home. What will they remember when they are grown? I still have time to leave a legacy in their hearts!

You can now link up your own thoughtful posts! I try to visit them all so that I can pick out a few posts to feature every week, even though I don’t leave comments on them all. I pin the posts that I feature to my Thoughtful Thursdays Pinterest board.

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The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:*homemaking*homeschooling*devotional or Biblical posts*Christian in nature*family/marriage*inspirational*

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Thankful Thoughts:

37. I’m thankful that I am able to go visit family. They have a small 3 bedroom house with 4 kids of their own, yet they let us come stay a few nights so the cousins can play. Not everyone has family like that.

I enjoyed reading this post by Carrie from A Mother’s Shadow called “To Help or To Hurt.” She shared a personal story of how she was helping her son, but unknowingly was also hurting him. She then applied that to how we deal with everyday dif­fi­cult sit­u­a­tions and deci­sions that come along.

And then a funnier post by A Cowboy’s Life called Funny Things We Say to Our Kids. I haven’t said all these things, but there were definitely a few that I have said such as, “Would you like me to read you a book while you are going potty?” My brother-in-law said, “You haven’t said that!” And both my sister and I said, “Sure we have–while they are potty training!’

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Here are the rules for this linky:

The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:*homemaking*homeschooling*devotional or Biblical posts*Christian in nature*family/marriage*inspirational*

Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.

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Thankful Thoughts:

35. As a follow-up from last week, I’m glad my poison ivy is getting better. My arms and legs still look a sight, but the incredible itchiness is getting better.

36. I’m thankful for air conditioning. We turned it on for the first time this week for a couple of days. It is so nice to be able to turn it on when it gets too uncomfortable.

Thoughts About Blogging:

Something I am always contemplating is how to balance blogging and summertime. I don’t always do a great job at this, but I am trying. I even wrote a contributor post about it, so if you want to read more thoughts about that, GO HERE.

But I do know this:

Thoughts from what I am reading:

I have not read a lot, but from Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts Devotional: Reflections on Finding Everyday Graces, I read about how God gives us time, but many times we are too busy to have time for God. It made me think when she said that one well-known pastor said his most profound regret in life was “Being in a hurry.” She talks about hos we need to slow down so that we can know Christ.

Two of my daughters are using the book, Cassie & Caleb Discover God’s Wonderful Design by Susan Hunt and Richard Hunt Jr, for their morning devotions. I read the book with my 3rd daughter and we discuss the questions. One of the chapters we read this week talked about how that we are to reflect God’s light just like the moon reflects the sun’s light. They discussed how that the moon only reflects the sun when it is facing the sun, and when it s not facing the sun, we do not see the sun’s light. So it is with us. When we face the Son, keep our eyes on Christ and try to please Him, then we will reflect Him or be like Him. But when we turn away from Him, then we will no longer be Christ-like or reflect Him. I thought it was a very good analogy that the girls could understand, and it made me think as well how I need to keep facing my Savior if I am to reflect Him in my life.

A couple of thoughts from Romans 1:

Paul’s title is called “a servant of Jesus Christ.” Am I known as a servant of Christ? Or do I want to have a “grander” title (in men’s eyes). The best thing that I could be called or known as is God’s servant.

v. 16: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; ” Sometimes, I act as if I am ashamed of God’s good news. How do I know this? I am afraid to witness to someone about how God can save them from their sins! Paul was not ashamed. Why? Because He knew that gospel was the POWER of God to salvation. What is the Gospel? It is the good news that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and then rose again thus conquering sin and death and providing a way for people to confess their sins and to go to Heaven when they die.

It was a great post showing how that when we rest on God’s shoulders we can be 100% vulnerable yet 100% secure.

My Blessings Homeschool shared how she knows she is right where God wants her even though people might question why she is not using her college degree out in the workplace. This has been said to countless moms throughout the years, but we need to follow the Lord’s leading regardless of peoples’ opinions.

Here are the rules for this linky:

The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:*homemaking*homeschooling*devotional or Biblical posts*Christian in nature*family/marriage*inspirational*

Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.

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Thankful thoughts:

33. I’m thankful I never got poison ivy before. I got it last week, and am itching like crazy! But things could be much worse :). That’s what I get for weeding–a practice to be avoided at all cost.

34. I’m thankful for cordless phones. I don’t have a cell phone, and somehow we lost our one cordless phone. Now, I still have a corded phone, but every time I had to walk to one end of the house to answer the phone, I was thankful that I didn’t always have to do that.

35. I’m thankful for discretionary cash–a new phone is on the way from Amazon prime with two cordless handsets.

Now for my thoughts about life:

I’m too busy blogging. I tried to slow down for the summer– but it really hasn’t happened yet. So I am doing no new recipes for the summer unless it is a blog hop. I had to update to a new theme, so many pictures and formatting are out of whack. I’m going to start polishing up some old post on Tuesdays with my food linky. This has been one of my goals for this year, but I haven’t had time to do it yet.

I need to get more disciplined in the morning and keep my kids on a tighter schedule. I’ve been really lax and with swimming lessons for two weeks, we have to get more done before swimming.

I need to see my Grandma more. She is only 15 minutes away right now, but with babysitting 3 days a week and swimming and kids play dates and t-ball, I haven’t been able to see her much. We can see her health failing–just getting more frail all the time. She turns 92 in a couple of weeks.

A thought that I was mulling over this week:

It doesn’t matter how old you are, you still want to be accepted and liked by others. That is not a feeling that stops after you enter your 20’s. A couple of “exclusions” (in my mind, but may not be true) have happened recently; and it bothered me. So as I had some of the same emotions I had back when I was a teenager, it made me realize that wanting to be accepted is not just for teenagers.

Adults want to be accepted too–that is why many adults are in debt as they buy the big house and the expensive cars and designer clothes– so they will be accepted by certain people or groups. Those things are not bad in themselves, unless you don’t have the means to buy them, but will put your financial affairs at risk to uphold a certain look or standing.

And even if we don’t do that, we still sometimes get the rush of emotions when we feel like we were slighted or not included.

So do we rely on those emotions? Do we dwell on them? Do we act like we may have when we were teenagers and cry and let it ruin our day?

Here are some questions I asked and would be great for anyone to ask when they start feeling not accepted or wanted:

Am I just being emotional and reading into this, imagining things that aren’t true? Am I being too sensitive?

Is there a reason why people may not want me to come to this activity? Am I abrasive? Would my lifestyle not fit in with their activity?

Is the Lord trying to teach me something through this situation (of course He is–everything that enters my life is filtered through His fingers of love, and a lesson can be learned in every circumstance.) But maybe He knows this activity would not be good for me right now. Or that my life is too full with other activities. Or that I would say something I should not say. Or that He is protecting me from something that might happen.

Do I let my emotions dictate my life?

Is Christ enough? Is He REALLY all that I need? Do I need the acceptance of others to feel important or do I rely on verses such as:

I am accepted in Him–He chose me before the foundation of the world!

If we accept Him, we become His children!

We are His friends!

Here are my picks from last week’s linkup:

Pondering Priorities & Purpose by Called Home–every blogger has had this struggle. And I am sure every mom deals with this quandry–what are the priorities I need to have every day? I love this quote:

“I want my priorities to reflect my purpose.My purpose as a daughter of the King is to bring Him glory, through loving and serving the people in my life He has blessed me with.These blessings come with responsibilities, which is where I find where my priorities and purpose lie.”

From Orphan to Adoptedby Candace Creates– I have a loving earthly father, and even though we were not materially rich, our family was rich in love and togetherness. I was touched as I read Candace’s open post about struggling to forgive her earthly father. I was so thankful that she could now say: “When I became a Christian not too long ago, the greatest gift I found was that I had a Father.” I am so thankful for the Heavenly Father who is perfect and can bind the broken and comfort the troubled.

What makes a ‘Father’? I would like to sug­gest that it is a man who is

noble in character

lives high moral values

is an exam­ple that is praise­wor­thy to follow

leads out in hon­or­able living.

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The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:*homemaking*homeschooling*devotional or Biblical posts*Christian in nature*family/marriage*inspirational*

Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.

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This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link.

Thankful Thought:

32. I am thankful that I have a lot of girls. I know parents with boys say the same thing, but I just had two girls spend the night with my oldest. (They were all 11 year olds). They were a pleasure to have over. Girls dress-up, pretend, and like to bake cookies! Now my son is right by my side whenever we bake, but I don’t know if boys that are 11 would want to help bake cookies at a sleepover. I guess I’ll find out. I know they’ll love to eat them! [Read more…]

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Thankful Thoughts:

29. I’m thankful for time with family and that we stick together even if we don’t always agree–which we won’t! We are all rather opinionated people, but family is family and we love each other no matter what.

30. I’m thankful for Skype and Facetime. My sister and her husband are missionaries in South Africa and we were able to see and talk to her family on Monday even though they are so many miles away from us. That would not have been possible even 20 years ago! [Read more…]

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Thankful Thoughts (numbering continues from the week before):

27. Even though I don’t have time to read much anymore, I am thankful for books. Growing up, reading books was my stress reliever. I was a Type A personality when it came to grades. I wanted A’s in everything, and I would get stomach aches with stress. But once I picked up a good book and read it for a while, the stomach would become unclenched, and everything would be fine again! [Read more…]

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